Boven-Leeuwen
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| subdivision_name2 = West Maas en Waal
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| area_total_km2 = 6.51
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Boven-Leeuwen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Maas en Waal, and lies about 9 km east of Tiel. It is the protestant part of the former village of Leeuwen.
History
It was first called Boven-Leeuwen in 1986 to distinguish from Beneden-Leeuwen.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/bovenleeuwen |title=Boven-Leeuwen - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=25 March 2022 |language=nl}} Leeuwen was first attested in the 12th century as Lewen, and means "settlement near burial hill".{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/leeuwen#berkelplaatsnamen |title=Leeuwen - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=25 March 2022 |language=nl}} The village developed along the Waal. In 1898, a Catholic church was built in Beneden-Leeuwen, and the village split in a Catholic (beneden) and a Protestant (boven) village.
The Dutch Reformed church was built between 1753 and 1756. It was severely damaged in 1944/1945, and restored between 1964 and 1966. In 1918, a Catholic church was constructed in Boven-Leeuwen. Huis te Leeuwen is a manor house which was built in 1654 as an extension of a medieval house. In 1819, the estate was demolished except for the gate house and the moat.{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu05_01/sten009monu05_01_0039.php |title=Boven-Leeuwen |author=Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven |year=2000 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9406 3 |language=nl |access-date=25 March 2022}} In 1840, the entire village of Leeuwen was home to 2,128 people.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/boven-leeuwen |title=Boven-Leeuwen |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=25 March 2022 |language=nl}}
People born in Boven-Leeuwen
- Airco Caravan (born 1965), artist
Gallery
File:Boven-Leeuwen Rijksmonument 38244 Huis te Leeuwen Waalbandijk 7.jpg|Huis te Leeuwen
File:Boerderij uit de 19e eeuw aan de Waalbandijk in Boven Leeuwen.jpg|Farm in Boven-Leeuwen
File:Boven-Leeuwen Rijksmonument 523086 kerk Past.Schoenmakersstr 2.jpg|Catholic church
File:Boven-Leeuwen Rijksmonument 38245 NH-kerkje Waalbandijk 21.jpg|Dutch Reformed church
References
{{Dutch municipality West Maas en Waal}}
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Category:Populated places in Gelderland
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